Kgalema Motlanthe

Kgalema Motlanthe is a South African politician who served as president from 2008 to 2009 and deputy president from 2009 to 2014.

Jacob Zuma: Jacob Zuma is a South African politician who served as president from 2009 to 2018. Motlanthe served as Zuma’s deputy president and preceded him in the presidency.
Apartheid: Apartheid was South Africa’s system of legally enforced racial segregation and white minority rule. Motlanthe’s political activity developed in opposition to this system.
2008 South African presidential election: The 2008 South African presidential election was an indirect parliamentary vote that elected Kgalema Motlanthe president. Parliament chose Motlanthe after Mbeki’s resignation.
Presidency of South Africa: The presidency of South Africa is the country’s executive office, held by the president elected by the National Assembly. Motlanthe occupied the office briefly between two longer presidencies.
Thabo Mbeki: Thabo Mbeki is a South African politician who served as president from 1999 to 2008. Motlanthe became president after Mbeki resigned in 2008.
Robben Island: Robben Island is a South African island that served as a prison, including for political detainees under apartheid. Motlanthe was imprisoned there for his anti-apartheid activism.
2009 South African general election: The 2009 South African general election elected the National Assembly and provincial legislatures. The election returned the ANC to power and led to Motlanthe becoming deputy president.
South African Constitution of 1996: The South African Constitution of 1996 is the supreme law establishing the country’s democratic institutions and rights. Its parliamentary system made Motlanthe president through a National Assembly vote.
Cyril Ramaphosa: Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African politician who became president in 2018. Ramaphosa succeeded Motlanthe as deputy president in 2014.
South African Congress of Trade Unions: The South African Congress of Trade Unions was a nonracial federation of trade unions founded in 1955. Motlanthe’s labor organizing connected his early activism to the broader liberation movement.

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